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Business investment drove the improvement, jumping by 1pc in the three months to June, the Office for National Statistics said – double its earlier estimate.

Consumer spending also increased strongly, rising 0.9pc in the run-up to the EU referendum in June. Household consumption increased by 3pc compared with the same period of 2015.

A weak trade performance weighed on growth, however, as the current account deficit widened and net trade took 0.8 percentage points off the GDP figure – something that may have been partially addressed in the...